Literary Foodie book series

OPPORTUNITY:

Design a conceptually-based series of four book covers.

SOLUTION:

I chose four books that explore the themes of nostalgia, regret, and a longing for what once was (or, what never was). Each book uses food as a metaphorical symbol of the fleeting nature of time, so I constructed and photographed still lifes in the art historical genre of vanitas. Each front cover is a replication of a symbolic meal eaten by characters in that book, the back cover is a quote from the book where the meal is described, and the back flap is a recipe for each specific dish.